The Littlewoods Building is famous for being a boldly unique, art deco masterpiece. It was always meant to be epic, with almost a kilometre of stucco-faced façade across the two original wings of the building.

It’s been sitting unused for decades under threat of demolition, but now we’re turning it into a world-class media hub, featuring film & TV studios.

Take a look at what the Littlewoods Building looks like now.

The history.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.

The Littlewoods Building is beloved in Liverpool because everyone has a friend or relative who worked there over its many decades. The building was famously home to the Littlewoods Pools, the precursor to the National Lottery, which during its meteoric rise to 16 million weekly players radically influenced the nation’s relationship with the beautiful game, and in the process made countless millionaires.

It’s less well known that the building was instrumental in World War II, manufacturing a huge variety of items for the war effort, including 5 million parachutes (since it was one of the only buildings big enough to fold them in).

The building of Littlewoods.

The new Littlewoods Headquarters in 1938, which included the Pools, high-street stores & mail order. The Art Deco design was both functional and attractive, with extensive, well-lit open-plan spaces.

The iconic clock tower – 1949.

External view of the Edge Lane building, March 1949, and the iconic clock tower.

Opening the post – 1949.

After the war Littlewoods Pools resumed and was even more popular than before. A large number of workers, women and men, were required to process the coupons.

The printing section - 1950s.

Pools coupons and literature were printed ‘in house’ by Littlewoods and sent out by post. Up to 16 million coupons per week were returned for checking for the winners.

Workers on the Pools floor – 1949.

The ‘Pools floors’ shown in the photographs were vast and workers worked in a quiet, orderly fashion. The machines in front of the women were security punches nicknamed “joeys”.

The future.

WE’RE CREATING A HUGE COMPLEX THAT’LL BE A BREEDING GROUND FOR THE BEST CREATIVE TALENTS IN THE UK.

The wings of the Littlewoods Building and the giant sound stages will be producing media content that will be engaged with and seen by a global audience, putting Liverpool back in the spotlight. We’re working with a number of tenants, each the best in class for their discipline, to ensure that Littlewoods Studios will be just as ground-breaking as the incredible building it’s housed in.

Home to an array of creative workspace and workshop accommodation, it will be a one-stop shop for media creation, all centred around an expansive multi-purpose food and drink hub, featuring a 150-seat screening room for everything from artisan film screenings to showcases for media students. With 300,000 sqft of space we’ve got plenty of room, so if you want to call Littlewoods Studios home then get in touch.

The location.

LITTLEWOODS STUDIOSIS SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIX.

If you’re looking for it, you can’t miss it. In fact more than 17 million people drive right past the front door of the Littlewoods Building every year. Littlewoods Studios is situated on Edge Lane, the main approach road into Liverpool, just 10 minutes’ drive from the city centre and in close proximity to two local rail stations.

It’s also just off the motorway network, making it ideal for large scale logistics for big film & TV projects. Basically it’s great to get to, and from!

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